Method and system for optimizing operations of exterior lights

• US 9,655,208 B1
• Filed: 03/15/2016
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Inventors: Venkitapathi, Prabhu Raja Subbarayalu, Singh, Jasmine
• Primary Examiner(s): A, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US15/070,783
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 702 1, 702 3- 4
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for optimizing operations of the exterior lights for a site of a plurality of distributed sites. The operations of the exterior lights are optimized by the lighting control system, which receive data associated with lights from at least one site of the plurality of distributed sites, wherein the data is one of exterior light data or combination of exterior and interior light data. Further, the data received from at least one site is processed in a pre-defined format to identify the current logic and the optimum logic of operation of the exterior lights. The method further identifies one or more deviations and the causes of the deviations in the operation of exterior lights to optimize the operation of the exterior lights.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing operation of exterior lights for a site of a plurality of distributed sites, the method comprising:

receiving, by a lighting control system, data associated with lights from at least one site of the plurality of distributed sites, wherein the data is one of exterior lights data and combination of exterior and interior light data, said combination of external and internal light data is processed to identify the exterior light data;

processing, by the lighting control system, the data received from the at least one site of the plurality of distributed sites to obtain data in a predefined format;

identifying, by the lighting control system, a current logic and an optimum logic of operation of the exterior lights based on the data in the predefined format;

identifying, by the lighting control system, one or more deviations in the operation of exterior lights based on the current logic and the optimum logic;

determining, by the lighting control system, one or more causes for the one or more deviations; and

optimizing, by the lighting control system, operation of the exterior lights based on the one or more causes of the one or more deviations.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data comprises exterior light status data, weather related data, sensors data and power consumption data, said data is received from at least one of one or more external sources and one or more user devices.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein processing the data comprises:

validating, by the lighting control system, the data to identify invalid data, wherein the invalid data comprises treatable and non-treatable data;

treating, by the lighting control system, the treatable data;

filtering, by the lighting control system, the invalid data by retaining treated data and removing the non-treatable invalid data;

determining, by the lighting control system, sufficiency of the filtered data;

calculating, by the lighting control system, one or more transition points for the lighting status data, schedule data, occupancy data and sensor data using the filtered data; and

combining, by the lighting control system, the one or more transition points of the lighting status data, the schedule data, the occupancy data and the sensor data to obtain the data in the predefined format.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the current logic for operating the exterior lights comprises one of sensor mode, schedule mode and occupancy mode.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein optimum logic for operating the exterior lights is identified based on efficiency of operation of the exterior lights of plurality of distributed sites and statutory policy compliances.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising optimizing operation of the exterior lights comprises conforming to the statutory policy requirements.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising identifying one or more impacts for the one or more deviations.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 further comprising determining a priority for at least one site based on at least one of one or more causes of the one or more deviations and the one or more impacts for the one or more deviations.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising generating one or more reports and alarms based on the priority and expertise required for one or more resolutions to optimize operations of the exterior lights.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining the one or more causes comprises at least one of:

validating, by the lighting control system, the sensor data with weather related data;

identifying, by the lighting control system, at least one of benchmark sites, benchmark circuits and benchmark sub-circuits based on at least one of location information, weather data, operating patterns, asset types and policy;

correlating, by the lighting control system, the one or more deviations with override data, the weather data, the policy, the asset types, run-hours data and consumption data;

comparing, by the lighting control system, at least one of the data and the one or more deviations of the site of the plurality of distributed sites with the benchmark sites in an identified location;

comparing, by the lighting control system, the one or more deviation data with one or more data of the identified benchmark sites, benchmark circuits and benchmark sub-circuits.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein optimizing the operation of exterior lights comprises continually monitoring at least one of the one or more deviations, the one or more causes, one or more impacts, and one or more resolutions performed and determining an effectiveness of the one or more resolutions, wherein the effectiveness is determined for at least one of one or more modes of optimization and one or more entities optimizing the operation of exterior lights.

12. A lighting control system for optimizing operation of exterior lights for a site of a plurality of distributed sites, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to;

receive data associated with lights from at least one site of the plurality of distributed sites, wherein the data is one of exterior lights data and combination of exterior and interior light data, said combination of external and internal light data is processed to identify the exterior light data;

process the data received from the at least one site of the plurality of distributed sites to obtain data in a predefined format;

identify current logic and an optimum logic of operation of the exterior lights based on the data in the predefined format;

identify one or more deviations in the operation of exterior lights based on the current logic and the optimum logic;

determine one or more causes for the one or more deviations; and

optimize operation of the exterior lights based on the one or more causes of the one or more deviations.

13. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein processing the data by the processor comprises:

validating the data to identify invalid data;

treating the treatable data;

filtering the invalid data by retaining the treated data and removing the non-treatable invalid data;

determining sufficiency of the filtered data;

calculating one or more transition points for the lighting status data, schedule data, occupancy data and sensor data using the filtered data; and

combining the one or more transition points of the lighting status data, the schedule data, the occupancy data and the sensor data to obtain the data in the predefined format.

14. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor identifies optimum logic for operating the exterior lights based on efficiency of operation of the exterior lights of plurality of distributed sites and statutory policy compliances.

15. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to optimize operation of the exterior lights comprises conforming to the statutory policy requirements.

16. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to identify one or more impacts for the one or more deviations.

17. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a priority for at least one site based on at least one of one or more causes of the one or more deviations and the one or more impacts for the one or more deviations.

18. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to generate one or more reports and alarms based on the priority and expertise required for one or more resolutions to optimize operations of the exterior lights.

19. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor determines the one or more causes by performing at least one of:

validating the sensor data with weather related data;

identifying at least one of benchmark sites, benchmark circuits and benchmark sub-circuits based on at least one of location information, weather data, operating patterns, asset types and policy;

correlating the one or more deviations with override data, the weather data, the policy, the asset types, run-hours data and consumption data;

comparing at least one of the data and the one or more deviations of the site of the plurality of distributed sites with the benchmark sites in an identified location; and

comparing the one or more deviation data with one or more data of the identified benchmark sites, benchmark circuits and benchmark sub-circuits.

20. The lighting control system as claimed in claim 12, wherein optimizing the operation of exterior lights comprises continually monitoring at least one of the one or more deviations, the one or more causes, one or more impacts, and one or more resolutions performed and determining an effectiveness of the one or more resolutions, wherein the effectiveness is determined for at least one of one or more modes of optimization and one or more entities optimizing the operation of exterior lights.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instruction stored thereon that when processed by at least one processor cause a lighting control system to perform operation comprising:

receiving data associated with lights from at least one site of the plurality of distributed sites, wherein the data is one of exterior lights data and combination of exterior and interior light data, said combination of external and internal light data is processed to identify the exterior light data;

processing the data received from the at least one site of the plurality of distributed sites to obtain data in a predefined format;

identifying a current logic and an optimum logic of operation of the exterior lights based on the data in the predefined format;

identifying one or more deviations in the operation of exterior lights based on the current logic and the optimum logic;

determining one or more causes for the one or more deviations; and

optimizing operation of the exterior lights based on the one or more causes of the one or more deviations.

22. The medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the instruction causes the processor to:

validating the data to identify invalid data;

treating the treatable data;

filtering the invalid data by retaining treated data and removing the non-treatable invalid data;

determining sufficiency of the filtered data;

calculating one or more transition points for the lighting status data, schedule data, occupancy data and sensor data using the filtered data; and

combining the one or more transition points of the lighting status data, the schedule data, the occupancy data and the sensor data to obtain the data in the predefined format.

23. The medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the instructions causes the processor to identify optimum logic for operating the exterior lights based on efficiency of operation of the exterior lights of plurality of distributed sites and statutory policy compliances.

24. The medium as claimed in claim 23, wherein the instructions causes the processor to optimize operation of the exterior lights comprises conforming to the statutory policy requirements.

25. The medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the instruction causes the processor to identify one or more impacts for the one or more deviations.

26. The medium as claimed in claim 25, wherein the instructions causes the processor to determine a priority for at least one site based on at least one of the one or more causes of the one or more deviations and the one or more impacts for the one or more deviations.

27. The medium as claimed in claim 26, wherein the instructions causes the processor to generate one or more reports and alarms based on the priority and expertise required for one or more resolutions to optimize operations of the exterior lights.

28. The medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the instruction causes the processor to determine the one or more causes by performing at least one of:

validating the sensor data with weather related data;

identifying at least one of benchmark sites, benchmark circuits and benchmark sub-circuits based on at least one of location information, weather data, operating patterns, asset types and policy;

correlating the one or more deviations with override data, the weather data, the policy, the asset types, run-hours data and consumption data;

comparing at least one of the data and the one or more deviations of the site of the plurality of distributed sites with the benchmark sites in an identified location;

comparing the one or more deviation data with one or more data of the identified benchmark sites, benchmark circuits and benchmark sub-circuits.